How do i get my surround system to work with my tv?

Question

I just bought a surround sound system. It works great for dvds, but the sound from my tv doesnt come through it. My tv is fairly new, but only has a white and yellow input on front, no jacks on the back, only the place the cable goes in. I bought a switch but cant figure out how to hook it all up together? please help.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, you can't make the TV work with surround sound directly, because you have no audio out on the TV. Also ,I am assuming that your TV is not stereo sound. That won't work. One of my TVs is the same way also. You can only use it as a picture monitor and tap the sound from your VCR ,if you have one, to the surround amp. It won't be Dolby Digital sound since that is only available from digital sound sources, but you will get the older stereo compatible Dolby Pro-logic surround sound (or pro-logic 2) if your surround system is recent. You mentioned that you bought a switch. You may not need it if you already have a VCR. If your surround system has video input and outputs (as most do now) connect the VCR to the surround systems a/v input (red=right channel,white=left channel. Don't bother using the yellow video input in this situation. Connect your antennae or cable TV connection to the VCR's matching input if you haven't done so yet. Run an antennae /cable connection from the VCR out to the TV's antennae/cable in. Switch your TV to channel 3 or 4 depending on which channel the VCR is set to transmit to. Set the VCR/TV switch to VCR. Stick in a tape and see if the tape plays through the TV. If so, the TV tuner ON THE VCR should also play to the TV when the tape is stopped and/or removed. That should take care of the video. The sound from the VCR should also be coming out of your surround sound amp when you have that source switch on. I know this sounds a little complex and you may have to experiment a little bit further if this doesn't work initially. But what I suggested doing is the very thing that I had to do on a few systems in my house. Good luck. I hope that I and any others who answer were helpful.

Answer 2

Sound like your TV has only mono connection for sound.
What you need is a Y connector, with one female input and two male output. Connect the Y connector to a input on your receiver, then connect a cable to the white output on your TV to the Y connector on the receiver. Set the receiver to the proper mode input for your TV and you should have sound coming from your speakers.

Answer 3

I'm sorry to tell you that the surround system will not work with your tv. Your tv would need to have audio out capabillity to utilize the surround sound. The switch that you purchased is possibly an rf modulator which converts your yellow(video), white(left sound, red(right sound, although red & white are interchangeable) to coaxle cable wire.

Answer 4

You could buy and external tuner box for your TV and use one of the "External" video inputs for your TV, and the audio output from the box would go to your surround system. Most new HDTVs have digital audio outputs that work with received off the air TV.

Answer 5

Check 2 c if you have the same color outputs on your cable/satt. box. You can use those, I do.